[clug] Choice of (two) 3G modems?

[Steve Walsh]

I have a '3' E169G, and it just worked with Network Manager on Fedora 9 
(at the time), and still works with NM on F11. the ZTE has a nasty habit 
of only presenting the storage side of the device (they all take mini-SD 
cards so you can carry the windows software around with you) unless you 
use the *exact* usb modeswitch commands.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1046813.html 
show how easy it is to get it working on Ubuntu.

Just make sure you pick the right APN, the one that comes up by default 
is generally the wrong one, but the right depends on the 3 plan you get 
(anywhere from '3netacess' to 'internet' up to '3internetaccess')

Brad Hards wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looked around for a 3G broadband wireless modem thingy.
>
> The best (most sane, as long as you don't "roam") option for my usage looks 
> like the three/vodaphone prepaid option.
>
> The modem options are Huawei E160G and ZTE MF627. Internet searching says 
> "probably" for both on Linux, but I'd like to know if anyone has tried them 
> (ideally on three/vodaphone) with a recent-ish linux distro. 
>
> Thoughts, comments?
>
> Brad
>   


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